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Table 1 Etiology of neonatal seizures in term newborns at the University Children’s Hospital of Toulouse from 2004 to 2014

From: Etiology of neonatal seizures and maintenance therapy use: a 10-year retrospective study at Toulouse Children’s hospital

 

Death

Epilepsy

Vascular

156 (64%)

HIE

91 (37%)

HIE II

63 (26%)

37 (41%)

7 (13%)

HIE III

28 (11%)

Ischemic infarction

36 (15%)

  

3 (9%)

Intracranial hemorrhage

29 (12%)

  

3 (9%)

Infectious

19 (22%)

Bacterial meningitis

16 (7%)

Streptococcus

11 (5%)

4 (21%)

1 (7%)

E Coli

4 (2%)

Unknown

1 (0,5%)

Viral meningoencephalitis

3 (1%)

HSV

2 (1%)

Enterovirus

1 (0,5%)

Metabolic

14 (6%)

Metabolic or electrolytic disorders

9 (4%)

Hypoglycemia

4 (2%)

 

1 (11%)

Hypernatremia

3 (1%)

Hypocalcemia

2 (1%)

Inborn errors of metabolism

5 (2%)

Citrullinemia

1 (0,5%)

4 (57%)

2 (67%)

Peroxisomal disease

3 (1%)

Unknown

1 (0,5%)

Malformation

11 (5%)

TORCH syndromes

2 (1%)

 

4 (33%)

6 (75%)

Neurocutaneous syndromes

2 (1%)

Sturge-Weber syndrome

1 (0,5%)

Tuberous sclerosis

1 (0,5%)

Gyration abnormalities

7 (3%)

 

Epileptic Syndromes

27 (11%)

Benign

17 (7%)

Benign familial neonatal convulsions

7 (3%)

 

1 (6%)

Benign idiopathic neonatal convulsions

10 (4%)

Severe

10 (4%)

Early myoclonic encephalopathy

2 (1%)

4 (40%)

6 (100%)

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

6 (3%)

Others

2 (1%)

Unknown

16 (7%)

  

1 (8%)

Total

243

 

53 (22%)

31 (16%)

  1. HIE hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, E coli Escherichia coli, HSV Herpes Simplex Virus, TORCH Toxoplasmosis, Other Agents, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, and Herpes simplex